[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 140 (Thursday, July 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36485-36486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17537]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8931-6]


Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule State Authorized Program 
Revision Approval: State of Tennessee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's approval, under regulations for 
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting, of the State of Tennessee's request 
to revise certain of their EPA-authorized programs to allow electronic 
reporting.

DATES: EPA's approval is effective July 23, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Evi Huffer, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, Mail Stop 
2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566-
1697, [email protected], or David Schwarz, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, Mail Stop 
2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566-
1704, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  On October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media 
Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) was published in the Federal 
Register (70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of title 40 of the CFR. 
CROMERR establishes electronic reporting as an acceptable regulatory 
alternative to paper reporting and establishes requirements to assure 
that electronic documents are as legally dependable as their paper 
counterparts. Subpart D of CROMERR, requires that state, tribal or 
local government agencies that receive, or wish to begin receiving, 
electronic reports under their EPA-authorized programs must apply to 
EPA for a revision or modification of those programs and get EPA 
approval. Subpart D provides standards for such approvals based on 
consideration of the electronic document receiving systems that the 
state, tribe, or local government will use to implement the electronic 
reporting. Additionally, in Sec.  3.1000(b) through (e) of 40 CFR part 
3, subpart D provides special procedures for program revisions and 
modifications to allow electronic reporting, to be used at the option 
of the state, tribe or local government in place of procedures 
available under existing program-specific authorization regulations. An 
application submitted under the subpart D procedures must show that the 
state, tribe or local government has sufficient legal authority to 
implement the electronic reporting components of the programs covered 
by the application and will use electronic document receiving systems 
that meet the applicable subpart D requirements.
    On January 6, 2009, the State of Tennessee Department of 
Environment and Conservation (TNDEC) submitted an application for its 
Net Discharge Monitoring Report (NetDMR) electronic document receiving 
system for revision of Tennessee's 40 CFR Part 123- National Pollutant 
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) State Program Requirements EPA-
authorized program for electronic reporting of Discharge Monitoring 
Report (DMR) information under 40 CFR parts 122 and 123.

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    EPA reviewed TNDEC's request to revise its EPA-authorized program 
and, based on this review, EPA determined the application met the 
standards for approval of authorized program revisions/modifications 
set out in 40 CFR part 3, subpart D. In accordance with 40 CFR 
3.1000(d), this notice of EPA's decision to approve Tennessee's request 
for revision to its 40 CFR Part 123-NPDES State Program Requirements 
authorized program to allow electronic reporting under 40 CFR parts 122 
and 123 is being published in the Federal Register.
    TNDEC was notified of EPA's determination to approve its 
application with respect to the authorized program listed above in a 
letter dated April 23, 2009.

    Dated: July 9, 2009.
Lisa Schlosser,
Director, Office of Information Collection.
[FR Doc. E9-17537 Filed 7-22-09; 8:45 am]
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